India are set to announce their squad for the 2025 Women's World Cup on Tuesday (August 19): follow all the live updates from the press conference here.
When does the Women's World Cup start?
The 2025 Women's World Cup will be played between September 30 and November 2, across India and Sri Lanka. Apart from the hosts, the six participating sides are England, Australia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Australia are the defending champions, having won the 2021 World Cup by beating England in the final. India, whose best finish in the tournament's history has been runners-up (in 2005 and 2017), will look to capitalise on the home advantage - if at all it exists - to push for a maiden title.
Read: India schedule for Women's World Cup 2025: Full fixtures list, venues and match timings
They recently defeated England 2-1 in an ODI series away from home, and have three more ODIs against Australia coming up in September before the World Cup warm-ups begin.
With no team having announced their World Cup squad yet, India are set to become the first side to do so when ODI captain Harmanpreet Kaur and chief selector Neetu David address the media today (August 19). Follow all the live updates, reports, announcements, and analysis from India's World Cup squad announcement here.
India Women's World Cup squad announcement live updates:
'This was our shortest selection meeting'
Harmanpreet: "Hopefully this turns out to be our best [selection] meeting too."
'Amanjot Kaur addressing her niggles'
Harmanpreet Kaur: "We have rested Amanjot for the Australia series to make sure she's fit and ready for the World Cup."
Neetu David explains why Shafali Verma wasn't picked
"We don't want to make a lot of changes to the team. Shafali is doing well. If we want her to have a long career, we need to ensure slow and steady progress for her."
'Shafali is still in the system'
Neetu David: "Shafali is still in the system... the more she plays, the more experienced she will become and go on to serve India in 50-over cricket."
India's squad for the 2025 World Cup is out!
India's squad for the Australia series preceding the World Cup!
Press conference starts now
Harmanpreet Kaur and Neetu David are addressing the media.
The squad for the World Cup is expected to be out soon
Chief selector Neetu David arrived at the BCCI headquarters around 25 minutes back
It has been over six months since Shafali Verma last played an ODI for India. She is in danger of missing the World Cup – at India's own loss. Read more here.
Will Shafali Verma be picked?
The 21-year-old prodigy, who mader her international debut s a 15-year-old, has not been around the ODI setup lately, with Pratika Rawal taking up her opening spot in the 50-over format. Whether India recall the explosive Verma or not will be one of the biggest decisions they have to take.
What was India's previous ODI squad like?
India beat England 2-1 recently. The squad for that series included:
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Tejal Hasabnis, Jemimah Rodrigues, Amanjot Kaur, Sayali Satghare, Pratika Rawal, Sree Charani, Kranti Gaud, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Richa Ghosh (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav
Watch the press conference announcing India's squad for the Women's World Cup live on Star Sports
When will the India squad be announced?
The press conference announcing India's squad for the 2025 Women's World Cup is set to be held after the India men's press conference for the Asia Cup squad announcement. The latter was originally scheduled for 1:30 pm IST, but some delay is expected due to adverse weather conditions in Mumbai.
